Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / August 10, 2026

1. Russians Fear Kremlin will Take Harsh Measures after the Duma Election Just as It did in the Past, ‘Vyorstka’ Editors Say windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/russians-fear-kremlin-will-take-harsh.html

2. Almost a Third of Tajiks Under 30 Doesn’t have a Job or Isn’t in School, Dushanbe Says

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3. Russians Overwhelmingly Believe Those in Power Pursue Their Interests rather than Those of the People, Moscow Institute of Sociology Study Says

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4. In New Independent States, Most People Clearly Distinguish a Rejection of Moscow’s Actions in Ukraine and a Dislike of Russia and Russians, Kazakh Political Scientists Say

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5. Estonians Debate Whether to Sell, Demolish, Leave Alone or Transform into a Museum Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Center of Tallinn

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6. Siberian Woman Says She and Her Neighbors Want Their Region to become Part of China

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7. Putin Restores Military Construction Battalions He Eliminated in 2006

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8. Only Four Percent of Russians Charged with Espionage or Treason had Access to State Secrets, ‘Vyorstka’ Study Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/only-four-percent-of-russians-charged.html

9. Kazakhstan President Offers New Model for Dealing with Moscow, ‘Partnership without Political Alignment,’ Toyekin Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/07/kazakhstan-president-offers-new-model.html

10. Kazakhstan’s Executive Branch Already Mono-Ethnic Kazakh and Its Legislative One has been Moving in That Direction, Asylbekov Says

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11. Crimes against Women in North Caucasus Seldom Reported or Investigated, Rights Activists Say

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12. Since 2022, Moscow has Sought to ‘Rebrand’ Jazz as an Authentic Part of Russian Tradition, Okhotenko Says

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13. Putin’s Much-Ballyhooed Pledge to Set Up Office to Help Russians Find MIAs Doesn’t have a Website, an Address or a Telephone Number, Soldiers’ Rights Activists Say

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14. Moscow Opposition Figures Tried to Tell Protesters at Shiyes How to Act, But the Latter Pursued Their Own Program and Won Out, Solovyova Says

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15. Udmurt Case Suggests Putin May No Longer Be as Committed to Naming Outsiders as Heads of Russia’s Federal Subjects windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/udmurt-case-suggests-putin-may-no.html

16. Central Asian Countries have Exploited ‘Window of Opportunity’ Putin’s War in Ukraine has Given Them, Kyrgyz Commentator Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/central-asian-countries-have-exploited.html

17. In 2021, Moscow Focused on Blocking Registration of Opposition Duma Candidates; Now It is Doing More at Regional Level, ‘Horizontal Russia’ Says

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18. The Longer Putin Continues the War in Ukraine, the More Likely Ukraine will Become a Member of NATO, Gallyamov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-longer-putin-continues-war-in.html

19. Moscow’s Cutback in Release of Statistics Snowballing, as New Data Can’t be Released without Reference to Old Leading to Ever Larger Gap between Reporting and Reality

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20. Ukrainian Drone Attacks Giving New Impetus to Discussions about Moving Russian Capital to Siberia

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21. Russia Responsible for 19 of 24 Cases of Pollution of the Caspian in June, ‘Transparent World’ Monitoring Project Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/russia-responsible-for-19-of-24-cases.html

22. Kremlin Stepping Up Pressure on Universities to Get More Men for Putin’s War as Part of Broader Effort to Block ‘a Generational Revolution,’ Vakhstayn Says

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23. Russia’s Future will Be Result of Competition between Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces, Zubov Says

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25. Russian Officials Increasingly Fining Muslims for Praying in Public, ‘Kavkaz-Realii’ Journalist Says

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26. Soviet-Era ‘Sausage Trains’ are Returning in Updated Form, ‘Altyn Orda’ Portal Says

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27. Putin has Learned Three Important Lessons from World War I, Gayvoronsky Says

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28. Six Years Ago, Bashkirs Showed Power of Protesters who Demand the Russian Authorities Live Up to Their Own Laws windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/six-years-ago-bashkirs-showed-power-of.html

29. Siberians Now Search 50 Percent More Often than People West of the Urals Do for Information about MIAs in Ukraine War windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/siberians-now-search-50-percent-more.html

30. In the Last Decades of Soviet Power, the KGB Used Movies and Books to Change Its Image and Win Support for the Organs, Mayofis Says

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31. Single-Person Households in Russia Increasing Rapidly at Both Ends of the Age Spectrum, Institute of Sociology Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/single-person-households-in-russia.html

32. Higher Education in Russia Now in ‘Systemic Crisis,’ Expert Says

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33. New Law Depriving Political Emigres of Civil Rights Directed against Those Still Living in Russia, Martynov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-law-depriving-political-emigres-of.html

34. Unlike in Past Elections, Kremlin Now Not Offering Russians Anything Except More of the Same, Kolesnikov Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/unlike-in-past-elections-kremlin-now.html

35. Udmurt Activists Create Parliament in Exile

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36. This Year, Some Russian Regions Flooding, Others Face Drought, and Still a Third Group has Water but It is Unsafe to Drink windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/this-year-some-russian-regions-flooding.html

37. Moscow’s Failure to Give Kazakhstan Union Republic Status Until 1936 Raises Questions Now Far Beyond that Country’s Borders windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/moscows-failure-to-give-kazakhstan.html

38. Cyrillic Dot.RF Domain Now Allows 18 Non-Russian Languages to Register with It Using Some of the 25 Additional Letters They Have

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39. De-Imperialization and De-Colonization of Russia Absolutely Necessary but Disintegration of That Country Not Currently Possible, Shtepa Says

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40. Putin’s Healthcare Cuts Now to Hit St. Petersburg

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41. Interests of Kazakhstan’s Regions Likely to Be Underrepresented in New Parliament Filled by Party List Voting Alone, Kazakh Political Scientist Says

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42. Russia’s Federal Subjects Expand Use of Bounty Hunters to Meet Military’s Manpower Needs, ‘Moscow Times’ Reports windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/russias-federal-subjects-expand-use-of.html

43. Moscow Planning to Build Dredging Fleet to Support Northern Sea Route But Likely to Have to Turn to China for Help as It has on the Caspian and the Volga

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44. Four European Countries Warn Moscow Against Annexing South Ossetia

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45. Northern Sea Route Saves Only Half as Much Time for Ships to Travel Between China and Europe as Moscow Claims, Russian Captain Says

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46. FSB Tells Circassian Repatriant He’ll Be Sent to Fight and Die in Ukraine Unless He Stops Searching for His Son who Already had Been and was Killed There, ‘Kavkaz-Uzel’ Reports

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47. Only ‘About 15 Percent’ of Orthodox Priests in Russia Support Putin’s War, Mitrokhin Says

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48. If Mobilization Occurs without Bonuses, Moscow will Have a Deeply Divided Military, Inozemstev Says

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49. Young Russians Increasingly Doubt Their Work will be Adequately Rewarded, Academy of Sciences Study Says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2026/08/young-russians-increasingly-doubt-their.html

50. Iranian Government Wants Country’s Parliament to Ratify 2018 Caspian Accord

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